Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on Friday said the economic situation in the state that led to his administration’s inability to pay workers’ salaries was beyond his control.

He said it was heart-rending that he had found himself in the situation which he described as a quagmire.

Aregbesola spoke with State House correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed-doors at the Defence House in Abuja.

He said he was not happy the same way a head of a family would feel when he cannot meet the needs of his family members.

He said, “No head of the family will be happy that he cannot feed members of the family.

“Extend that to state, it is heart-rending that I am in this quagmire.

“But no matter how sad (I don’t want to use the word ‘depressed’), no matter how unhappy I am, the truth is that I will not fail to say that it is a situation absolutely beyond my control.

“I led an administration in receipt of regular allocation in which I do my budget.

“Unfortunately, this allocation started falling in rapid form that totally disorganised my budget and any other arrangement.”

Aregbesola said those who want to be objective would readily admit that the Osun State of November 2010 when he assumed office and Osun of today are not the same.

He said people must give credit to the changes that his administration had brought about in the state, saying the changes were not miracles but were occasioned by application of resources.

The governor further explained that with the unexpected and sharp decline in revenue, his administration had a dislocation.

The result of that dislocation, he explained, is the sad experience.

The governor added, “Were it to be Osun alone, probably I would not have an excuse.

“I pray it does not continue. I am not sure if there will be any state that will actually escape from the biting effect of the absolute sharp drop which I call economic disaster that we are grappling with.

“Since my inauguration on November 27, 2010, I had made it a duty to pay salary on or before 25th of every month up until January 2014 when that became practically impossible.

“I have been giving the same staff who today are, regrettably and painfully, not being paid annual bonus that we call 13th month salary. There was no demand for it. I just felt that workers must be encouraged, they must be inspired.

“I did that religiously and faithfully from 2010 to 2013. The development that led to this began precisely in July when we received the June allocation and it was short by 40 percent.

“Since then, what we have been receiving from the Federation Account is less than the wages, personnel cost. It is far and not mildly less.”

Aregbesola said he struggled with it till October 2014 when there was nothing else he could do.

He said the situation was further compounded by the fact that his government could not go to bank to borrow to pay the wages commitment.

The governor however said that with the efforts he was putting in place, there might be solution by month end.

“It is a sad development. I am struggling to reduce the pain as much as possible and I am almost at the end of the efforts I am making to ensure that by the end of this month, I will have enough to at least meet to a large extent the salary needs of the workers,” he declared.
http://www.punchng.com/news/osun-crisis-beyond-my-control-aregbesola/
CC lalasticlala

Hello sir.... you're in for serious bashing until you set your priorities, You've failed your families.


Even the opon imo cannot save you now sir..

the biblical prodigal son was a better manager of collective resources ..,.at least he only squandered his own portion!

Nawa o!

Ha!ha!ha!
This is really ehm, ehm............. Ehe, suffisticated.

Ezenwammadu:
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on Friday said the economic situation in the state that led to his administration’s inability to pay workers’ salaries was beyond his control.

He said it was heart-rending that he had found himself in the situation which he described as a quagmire.

Aregbesola spoke with State House correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed-doors at the Defence House in Abuja.

He said he was not happy the same way a head of a family would feel when he cannot meet the needs of his family members.

He said, “No head of the family will be happy that he cannot feed members of the family.

“Extend that to state, it is heart-rending that I am in this quagmire.

“But no matter how sad (I don’t want to use the word ‘depressed’), no matter how unhappy I am, the truth is that I will not fail to say that it is a situation absolutely beyond my control.

“I led an administration in receipt of regular allocation in which I do my budget.

“Unfortunately, this allocation started falling in rapid form that totally disorganised my budget and any other arrangement.”

Aregbesola said those who want to be objective would readily admit that the Osun State of November 2010 when he assumed office and Osun of today are not the same.

He said people must give credit to the changes that his administration had brought about in the state, saying the changes were not miracles but were occasioned by application of resources.

The governor further explained that with the unexpected and sharp decline in revenue, his administration had a dislocation.

The result of that dislocation, he explained, is the sad experience.

The governor added, “Were it to be Osun alone, probably I would not have an excuse.

“I pray it does not continue. I am not sure if there will be any state that will actually escape from the biting effect of the absolute sharp drop which I call economic disaster that we are grappling with.

“Since my inauguration on November 27, 2010, I had made it a duty to pay salary on or before 25th of every month up until January 2014 when that became practically impossible.

“I have been giving the same staff who today are, regrettably and painfully, not being paid annual bonus that we call 13th month salary. There was no demand for it. I just felt that workers must be encouraged, they must be inspired.

“I did that religiously and faithfully from 2010 to 2013. The development that led to this began precisely in July when we received the June allocation and it was short by 40 percent.

“Since then, what we have been receiving from the Federation Account is less than the wages, personnel cost. It is far and not mildly less.”

Aregbesola said he struggled with it till October 2014 when there was nothing else he could do.

He said the situation was further compounded by the fact that his government could not go to bank to borrow to pay the wages commitment.

The governor however said that with the efforts he was putting in place, there might be solution by month end.

“It is a sad development. I am struggling to reduce the pain as much as possible and I am almost at the end of the efforts I am making to ensure that by the end of this month, I will have enough to at least meet to a large extent the salary needs of the workers,” he declared.http://www.punchng.com/news/osun-crisis-beyond-my-control-aregbesola/

THK God ogbeni av spoken till month end it will be done amicably salary will be paid oooo.

HAHAHAHAA.... Aregbese(king of debt) is confuse

This is the result of depending heavily on oil revenue from FG. Is it that Aregbesola cannot generate revenue from his state?

I no understand o!

Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola!

EMPATHY is not in ur dictionary

Your second term is BITTER...

I wonder why his people are not criticizing him for this crime.

But they were quick to criticize fayose for being a pdp member (freedom of association): no crime. They become deaf and dumb now that their people are suffering and dying of hunger.

Okay!!! GEJ is no more there for them to blame him.

Hypocrites.

“But no matter how sad (I don’t want to use the word ‘depressed’), no matter how unhappy I am, the truth is that I will not fail to say that it is a situation absolutely beyond my control

This is admittance of incompetence. Governor Rauf Aregbesola should immediately resign or be impeached by Osun state house of Assembly. He has already indicted himself of incompetence. I am not saying this for politics but for the good of Osun state.

Dude, why don't you resign if you can't fix the problems in your state, Osun is bigger than Singapore if am not mistaken. You can't expect the Niger Delta to pay your bills forever

“Since my inauguration on November 27, 2010, I had made it a duty to pay salary on or before 25th of every month up until January 2014 when that became practically impossible.

great lie from the pit of hell!

In fact, na lie go kill AriGBESEsola!

Then resign Mr Governor, abi i lie

Na wa oo....dats wat u experience if u solely depend on FG allocation, is there no economic team in d state dat can come up wit different ideas on hw to generate money in d state.... I guess dis guY need to Resign, because situation of tins is beyond his control...

All political appointee are receiving their own salary bt d workers can't ... Dis guy is not any progressive at all...Imagine no salary for workers for 7 months(they are yet to receive a dime dis year)...

Sad.

salary will be paid

Obiagelli:
Dude, why don't you resign if you can't fix the problems in your state, Osun is bigger than Singapore if am not mistaken. You can't expect the Niger Delta to pay your bills forever

Let's be fair to the man. Yes the man has shown to be an imcompetent and lazy administrator but the system should share the blame. This feeding bottle system is killing us. The call for fiscal federalism so as to allow federating units autonomy should be taken seriously. Governance is about development beyond salaries. Many states practically does nothing but waiting for "oyel" money and ofcourse loans.

Please tell FAILURE aregbesola to shut his mouth untill he finds his way to pay those workers salary

Beremx:
This is the result of depending heavily on oil revenue from FG. Is it that Aregbesola cannot generate revenue from his state?

I no understand o!

jusRadical:
I wonder why his people are not criticizing him for this crime.

But they were quick to criticize fayose for being a pdp member (freedom of association): no crime. They become deaf and dumb now that their people are suffering and dying of hunger.

Okay!!! GEJ is no more there for them to blame him.

Hypocrites.

it is the people that depend on failed politician that died misteriously. and let me tell u here it's d workers that's complaining about the unpaid salaries. all d workers in my pooling unit that doesn't vote for aregbe last year after what he did for them aregbe gave them bonus but still they are ingrate and doesn't appreciate.

Can somebody tell this man to kindly resign

The people who called GEJ "Clueless" will not show their faces here o.

This man is the symbol of BRAINLESS!
And to think this is the guy APC warlords said they would emulate if Buhari assumed office.

Beremx:
This is the result of depending heavily on oil revenue from FG. Is it that Aregbesola cannot generate revenue from his state?

I no understand o!

what about the IGR you and your APC cohort publicized of being increased from 300million naira to 1.6billion naira by Aregbesola?

The people of osun are not serious.l expect an Egyptain styled protest demanding for the resignation of that rascal or demand their reptesentatives in the house impeach him

Aregbesola said those who want to be objective would readily admit that the Osun State of November 2010 when he assumed office and Osun of today are not the same.

I agree they're not the same, in 2010 workers were receiving salaries compared to now.

Isn't it funny how APC lapdogs constantly insulted Ekiti people for rejecting them, saying they sold their future for "stomach infrastructure"?
Honestly, if you ask me anyday, I would pick stomach infrastructure (Ekiti - Fayose) over THE HUNGER GAMES (Osun - Aregbe).


By the way, this is a screenshot of a tweet by Omojuwa just after Aregbesola won his re-election bid.
If anybody ever had any doubts on Omojuwa's "APC LAPDOG" status, this should lay them to rest...

Tolexander:
what about the IGR you and your APC cohort publicized of being increased from 300million naira to 1.6million naira by Aregbesola?

The IGR that was bigger than that of the entire south east put together according to osun defenders

This is a very sad and pathetic situation. Leaders don't give excuses for failing. I expected better from Aregbesola.

Please do all you can to end the crisis and quit embarrassing your party.

Johnnyessence:
it is the people that depend on failed politician that died misteriously. and let me tell u here it's d workers that's complaining about the unpaid salaries. all d workers in my pooling unit that doesn't vote for aregbe last year after what he did for them aregbe gave them bonus but still they are ingrate and doesn't appreciate.

You are typing like iya basira, how can you be heartless and callous? Do you know the responsibilites of a responsible government? Don't bother to quote me because I'm in a bad mood now

Kenai:
This is a screenshot of a tweet by Omojuwa just after Aregbesola won his re-election bid.
If anybody ever had any doubts on Omojuwa's "APC LAPDOG" status, this should lay them to rest...

Forget the fool, I wonder how that guy breath.

Nigerians sha......


He was quiet, they said he's taking them for granted.



He finally spoke and gave an explaination, they said he is silly.


Hmmm.......

Since everyone is talking, I wont keep quiet. So I will like to ask;

Ogbeni Aregbe, what are you doing with your security vote?

Is it compulsry to pay all the salary arrears at once? Is it not sensible to offset at least two months salary arrears so that Osun workers can feed themselves and their families?

Hmmm.......